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Aviation Ordnancemen Airman Kevin N. Pitchford, left, and Byron A. Jordan stand watch during a general quarters drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
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ARABIAN SEA (Jul. 29, 2011) Aviation Ordnancemen Airman Kevin N. Pitchford, left, and Byron A. Jordan stand watch during a general quarters drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility on its first operational deployment conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice K. Cecelia Engrums) File# 110729-N-HM829-152
Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.
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